"Rule 50 is a beneficial provision in favour of woman with whom the government employee contracts another marriage during subsistence of the first marriage... The issue requires
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"Objective of granting interim/permanent alimony is to ensure that the dependent spouse is not reduced to destitution or vagrancy on account of the failure of
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"Suspicion however strong cannot take the place of proof. It was the bounden duty of the prosecution to establish beyond reasonable doubt that death was
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Madras High Court, in a significant ruling, held that an employer's right to continue terminated works through third parties or itself is not immediate and
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"Having thus accepted the Commissioner report, the First Appellate Court could not have issued the mandatory injunction in favour of plaintiff directing the defendant to
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"A finding of fact recorded by the learned Courts below can only be said to be perverse, which has been arrived at without consideration of
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"The adjudication of compensation in the present matter cannot be viewed in sterile mathematical terms alone detached from human element underlying such claims. It concerns
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"The availability of funds must be proved with reference to the relevant point of time and not by relying upon financial documents generated long after
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"It is settled that for claiming an equitable relief such as that of specific performance, the conduct of the party claiming it must be beyond
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"A police statement of an accused which is in the form of confession is per se inadmissible and no relevance whatsoever can be placed on such
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"The provisions contained in Section 61-A to 61-G specifically empowers the Authorized Officer to seize forest-produce and order confiscation of all tools, boats, vehicles and cattles
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"Finding of title cannot be recorded in a suit for injunction unless there are necessary pleadings and an appropriate issue regarding title. Where the averments regarding title
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"A married daughter cannot be excluded from consideration for appointment on compassionate grounds as a fair price shop dealer solely on the ground of her
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"A suit for partition is based on a recurring and continuous cause of action. Hence, a fresh suit for partition is maintainable unless the earlier
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"In case the informant chooses not to appear in spite of having been given information about the application... it cannot be said that the bail
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"Once it has been held that fire or explosion in the train falls within the definition of ‘accident’, the Union of India cannot escape its
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"Public prosecutor is an important officer of the State Government and is appointed by the State under the Code of Criminal Procedure. He is not a
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"Scope of adjudication in both these proceedings is vastly different. The authority which conducted the excise evasion proceeding and the authority conducting the prosecution are completely
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"Court/tribunal should not generally set aside the departmental enquiry, and quash the charges on the ground of delay in initiation of disciplinary proceedings, as such a power
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"Use of the expression 'shall' and the background and purpose for which the amendment has been brought there is no doubt that the enquiry or the
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"The adjudication of compensation in the present matter cannot be viewed in sterile mathematical terms alone detached from human element underlying such claims. It concerns
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"The availability of funds must be proved with reference to the relevant point of time and not by relying upon financial documents generated long after
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"It is settled that for claiming an equitable relief such as that of specific performance, the conduct of the party claiming it must be beyond
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"Scheme of the election law in this country as well as in England is that no significance should be attached to anything which does not
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"The SPE having been conferred jurisdiction only to investigate offences punishable under the Act of 1988, Sections 409, 420 and Chapter XVIII of the Penal
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"It was in public interest that the marks of candidates be revealed so as to put a quietus to the said aspect... the Court on
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"High Court, therefore, could not have undertaken such exercise of seeking to compensate one party at the cost of the other without any prayer being
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"Use of the words ‘may be’ before ‘made’ signifies the legislative intent of not making clause (d) of Section 59 subject to the existing regulations,"
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"The primary right of movement under Article 19(1)(d) is the Fundamental Right to Walk, a right that precedes the right to move on wheels and this
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"Citizen’s fundamental right to walk on a demarcated footpath is primary and shall have priority over movement by motorised vehicles," Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling
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"State, as a model employer, is justified in reserving certain categories of posts for such persons so that they are not compelled to compete with
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"Every year of delay meant a year of lost seniority, lost emoluments, and lost dignity for these women. The human cost of institutional non-compliance
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"Non-maintenance of record is springboard for commission of offence of foeticide, not just a clerical error," Supreme Court, in a significant ruling, held that the maintenance of
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"Infraction of Rule 3 in our opinion thus, cannot render the entire recruitment process illegal which does not otherwise suffer from any fundamental error or
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"Disciplinary authority, therefore, in our opinion acted illegally and without jurisdiction in imposing both minor and major penalties by the same order. Such a course
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"Justice delivery system cannot treat the child as a mere evidentiary object subjected to repeated forensic or psychological scrutiny at the instance of contesting litigants.
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"The application of law, especially when it comes to inter family disputes is not akin to enforcing the black letter of the law but calls
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"State cannot deny or defer a claim for compassionate appointment by invoking a provision which, on a proper reading of the rules, applies only to
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"The 'homemakers', to put it directly, actually are the 'nation builders' and they ought to be recognised as such," Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment
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"In other words, the motor vehicle itself does not play an active role in the accident. It is not part of the proximate cause of
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"Rule 50 is a beneficial provision in favour of woman with whom the government employee contracts another marriage during subsistence of the first marriage... The issue requires
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"Objective of granting interim/permanent alimony is to ensure that the dependent spouse is not reduced to destitution or vagrancy on account of the failure of
read more
"Suspicion however strong cannot take the place of proof. It was the bounden duty of the prosecution to establish beyond reasonable doubt that death was
read more
Madras High Court, in a significant ruling, held that an employer's right to continue terminated works through third parties or itself is not immediate and
read more
"Having thus accepted the Commissioner report, the First Appellate Court could not have issued the mandatory injunction in favour of plaintiff directing the defendant to
read more
"A finding of fact recorded by the learned Courts below can only be said to be perverse, which has been arrived at without consideration of
read more
"A police statement of an accused which is in the form of confession is per se inadmissible and no relevance whatsoever can be placed on such
read more
"The provisions contained in Section 61-A to 61-G specifically empowers the Authorized Officer to seize forest-produce and order confiscation of all tools, boats, vehicles and cattles
read more
"Finding of title cannot be recorded in a suit for injunction unless there are necessary pleadings and an appropriate issue regarding title. Where the averments regarding title
read more
"A married daughter cannot be excluded from consideration for appointment on compassionate grounds as a fair price shop dealer solely on the ground of her
read more
"A suit for partition is based on a recurring and continuous cause of action. Hence, a fresh suit for partition is maintainable unless the earlier
read more
"In case the informant chooses not to appear in spite of having been given information about the application... it cannot be said that the bail
read more
"Once it has been held that fire or explosion in the train falls within the definition of ‘accident’, the Union of India cannot escape its
read more
"Public prosecutor is an important officer of the State Government and is appointed by the State under the Code of Criminal Procedure. He is not a
read more
"Scope of adjudication in both these proceedings is vastly different. The authority which conducted the excise evasion proceeding and the authority conducting the prosecution are completely
read more
"Court/tribunal should not generally set aside the departmental enquiry, and quash the charges on the ground of delay in initiation of disciplinary proceedings, as such a power
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"Use of the expression 'shall' and the background and purpose for which the amendment has been brought there is no doubt that the enquiry or the
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"By handing over such additional charge and posting respondent No. 4 in the very office responsible for processing the disciplinary proceedings, the State has effectively
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"Section 18 of RERA Act gives an unqualified absolute statutory right to claim interest unimpeded by any condition, whereas Section 55 of Contract Act lays fetters
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"If two Sub-Inspectors working in a police Station fight or quarrel for a particular post, they would not be in a position to maintain
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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